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.-=\*%#¶## \......................................\ ##¶#%*\=-.
..-=\*%#¶# \..............THE OCEAN...............\ #¶#%*\=-..
...-=\*%#¶ \......................................\ ¶#%*\=-...
....-=\*%# \.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.\ #%*\=-....
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.......-=\ WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT               \=-.......
........-=                             JUST OUTSIDE =-........
.........- THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION,     -.........
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.......... A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE      ..........
.......... SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST,              ..........
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........-= INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            =-........
.......-=\                 NOT REACHING.            \=-.......
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.....-=\*% BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  %*\=-.....
....-=\*%# IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT.  #%*\=-....
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..-=\*%#¶# WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF,   #¶#%*\=-..
.-=\*%#¶## THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     ##¶#%*\=-.
..-=\*%#¶# DARK LAKE,                               #¶#%*\=-..
...-=\*%#¶ YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK.    ¶#%*\=-...
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.....-=\*% SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE,                %*\=-.....
......-=\* SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS,                 *\=-......
.......-=\ BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. \=-.......
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.........- AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE.            -.........
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